Long term response of arctic tussock tundra to thermal erosion features: A modeling analysis. A 100 yr old thermal erosion event under control conditions.

• Main Author: Pearce, Andrea
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; permafrost; Tundra
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/8adc3b89c8c73fe1870ad82536575f99; https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/mapbrowse?packageid=knb-lter-arc.10549.4

The Multiple Element Limitation (MEL) model is used to simulate the recovery of Alaskan arctic tussock tundra to thermal erosion features (TEFs) caused by permafrost thaw and mass wasting. TEFs could be significant to regional carbon (C) and nutrient budgets because permafrost soils contain large stocks of soil organic matter (SOM) and TEFs are expected to become more frequent as climate warms. These simulations deal only with recovery following TEF stabilization and do not address initial losses of C and nutrients during TEF formation. To capture the variability among and within TEFs, we simulate a range of post-stabilization conditions by varying the initial size of SOM pools and nutrient supply rates. This file contains the results for a 100yr old TEF response to N fertilization over 25 years.